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Equifax Fallout: FTC Launches Probe; Angry Consumers inadvertently dDOS Websites and Phones
by Razer 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

HAHAHAHAHAHA! The US Shitstem of Revolving Credit Economic Slavery undone by it's own true believers. I'll bet the better their credit score the angrier they are. Rr > > The move by the top consumer watchdog only underscores the severity of > the data heist and the importance for consumers to take immediate > steps to secure their identities. Experts say the strongest, though > not most painless, way to protect yourself after the breach that is to > freeze your credit — but the surge in demand has overloaded the credit > bureaus' abilities to handle the influx of requests. > > As of Thursday morning, all three major credit reporting agencies > intermittently gave error messages and prevented consumers from filing > online requests to have their credit reports frozen. > > Equifax's website said "System Currently Unavailable - Error 500" and > suggested consumers try contacting the other credit bureaus. > > At one point, TransUnion's website couldn't be accessed at all. Then > it put up an error page featuring a stock photo of a model sitting at > a computer, alongside the caption, "The website is temporarily > unavailable.Please check back later." > > Experian's website simply said, "Loading..." > https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/equifax-melts-down-under-surge-an…

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Cryptocurrency: JPMorgan, Banking Heavy's Continued Dump and Pump
by grarpamp 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6zosnk/jpmorgan_ceo_jamie_dimon_says_… https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6zozmf/bitcoin_tumbles_after_jamie_di… Ethereum backers JPM, bankers et al, call cryptos "frauds", in effort to cause dump for their own low buy ins. Moon ahead! Or they're just running scared as usual. https://medium.com/@jonaldfyookball/bitcoin-cash-is-terrifying-f1a8cc4d536 They must engage in spreading misinformation because they secretly know the truth: People do not WANT a settlement layer controlled by large financial institutions, corporate interests, and government bureaucrats... Transcending these things was the whole POINT of Bitcoin in the first place. The Fear Runs Deep I'll say it again... they are scared.

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corporate smokin' -- was Re: Godaddy survey answers (I stand corrected!)
by Zenaan Harkness 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

Was In-Reply-To: <cc851965-474a-5bae-0e31-1d1df66b7c05(a)riseup.net> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 08:13:00PM -0700, Razer wrote: > I stand corrected. Humility is a good thing - and me pushing the bible of humility down your Jewishy throat should certainly improve you on the humble front. For sure... > I conflated GoDaddy's rationale with Cloudflare's CEO > statement: OK, a quote - a purported fact no less - what a delicious thing :) Finally we can cut to the chase: > > Earlier today, Cloudflare terminated the account of the Daily Stormer. > > We've stopped proxying their traffic and stopped answering DNS > > requests for their sites. We've taken measures to ensure that they > > cannot sign up for Cloudflare's services ever again. ... simple fact (as in, non-germane) > > Our terms of service reserve the right for us to terminate users of > > our network at our sole discretion. ... corporate justification for evil actions and disclaimer by said corporate of any and all moral/ethical duty of care to the rest of us, whilst claiming exercise of moral authority (aka, self parody at its finest/saddest) > > The tipping point for us making > > this decision was that the team behind Daily Stormer made the claim > > that we were secretly supporters of their ideology. ... fact-less assertion > > Our team has been thorough and have had thoughtful discussions for > > years about what the right policy was on censoring. Like a lot of ... internal self-justification (and "please believe we're good peopl" virtue signalling) > > people, we’ve felt angry at these hateful people for a long time ... more virtue signalling (gettin embarrasin) > > but we have followed the law ... virtue signal pre-empting their implied "but now we say F*CK the law! We now exercise our star chamber extra-judicial rights YO!" and you, Razer (and others) say "but they're a corporation, so they're allowed to be evil, so y'all just shut up about it now!" > > and remained content neutral as a network. We > > could not remain neutral after these claims ... "these claims" - the opinionated words you echoed as supposed "fact" - notice how now claim, no reference, no fact no nothingk is provided by CloudF-U's "public virtue signal justification w$nk"! > > of secret support by > > Cloudflare. Well well well, looky here - not a fact in sight. Gee, I'm so surprised - I was just, like, you know, SO SURE Razer was gonna put a fact - I can't believe it's just more drivel, I really can't believe this coming from Razer... Why am I not surprised when a corporate overlord conducts their star chamber based on a public spewing of their nutty lefty fact-less opinions as their basis for extra-judicial star chamber evil, since there are not any facts to support an actual court case?!!! Antifa, USA-Corporation style! > https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/ > > > ...and I stand by what I said on another thread about an overweening > reason DNS's take an incredible risk hosting Sturmer crap: ... First you vehemently smoked GoDaddy, now you smoke Cloudflare, and finally repeat more of your rubbish non-facts (though I do expect you to smoke yourself of course).

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Rubberhose Decrypt, 5th / 4th / Contempt Over Forgotten Passphrase / BrainWallet
by grarpamp 14 Sep '17

14 Sep '17

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/judge-wont-release-man-jailed-2… https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/man-jailed-indefinitely-for-ref… https://arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/rawlsstaysinprisonruling… https://arstechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rawlsrehearingpetition.p… https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rawlsopinion.pdf https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/comply.pdf Judge won't release man jailed 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives, suspect to remain jailed pending 5th Amendment appeal to Supreme Court. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/jail-looms-large-for-suspects-o… Is I forget a valid defense when court orders demand a smartphone password? The answer seems to be yes and no. But one suspect on Tuesday gets 180 days jail. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15232069 https://medium.freecodecamp.org/why-you-should-never-unlock-your-phone-with… http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user-names-not.html https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/01/fifth-amendement-passcodes-passwords-law/

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Amir Taaki - Technology is a Power we use to Shape Society
by grarpamp 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Breaking Bitcoin Amir Taaki - Technology is a Power we use to Shape Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY-QQOjycgI&t=5216s

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Ichidan (OnionShodan), LibGen, SciHub
by grarpamp 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

http://ichidanv34wrx7m7.onion/ http://genotypeinczgrxr.onion/ http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion/

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Equifax and Collected Sheeple Bent Over for 600BTC
by grarpamp 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

https://www.reddit.com/search?q=equifax+bitcoin As usual, expect braindead kneejerk legislation and corporates forgiven, antique models continued, more power control data collection and mining taken from sheep, solving nothing. Cryptoanarchy to supply alternative voluntary and secure credit models.

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propaganda and mythology - a couple of examples
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

1. We are advised to not judge all muslims by the actions of a few lunatics; whilst we are simultaneously encouraged to judge all gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Some judgements are evidently "more equal" than others. Some facts are evidently also "more equal" than others. And of course, some opinions (including my "jaw droppingly humble" opinions of course :D), are -definitely- more equal than others. Surprisingly, one could be lead to think that some folks run around thinking they're "the chosen bastards". Chosen to be abandoned in a desert for 80 years by Arch-Angel Gabriel perhaps... Is there any possibility that this "chosen ones" think is a deep and unacknowledged cultural myth designed to paper over victim consciousness arising from a deep and unacknowledged cultural myth of being abandoned in the desert by your group leader some 4,000 years ago? Nahhh ... that'd be a fact, not a myth. For sure.

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[WAR] Goldilocks has a new toy, the AK-12
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Sep '17

12 Sep '17

Gun porn FTW! For all peace-lovin' Russian princesses... ** FULL AUTO glory – a look Russia’s outstanding new AK-12 assault rifle (VIDEO) http://russiafeed.com/full-auto-glory-look-russias-outstanding-new-ak-12-as… ------------------------------------------------------------ (rbth.com) – The AK-12 is a new assault rifle created to become the main weapon of Russia’s infantry for decades to come. Nikolai Litovkin, RBTH’s Defense Editor, will test the gun that has never been seen by the masses or even gun experts around the globe.

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What is a secure computer?
by Ryan Carboni 10 Sep '17

10 Sep '17

What does it say that there are potentially hundreds of undocumented instructions on your processor? What does it say that many common attacks are a result of too much emphasis on performance or a result of laziness? Some wifi routers crash if their session table is exhausted. The Mirai botnet wouldn't have happened if a good common library was used. What good is a computer if you can't allow it to be accessed by untrustworthy people without null result? Invisible Things Labs had put out two papers on how x86 and state is both harmful. Nevermind that the original computers used relays, switches, and wires to be programmed. Basically anything more complex than a clock is a computer, although those were called sequencers by NASA. Maybe we should return to literal fuses for microprocessors (or just substitute NOT gates on one layer of the processor). We are moving into a future with cameras, microphones, and manually set clocks in everything. No idea why everything needs a clock that you have to set after the power goes out. If anyone thinks consumer choice is a thing, point out the clocks. No idea why TAILS automatically sets the clock. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/29/intel_management_ engine_can_be_disabled/ I have paid for a security feature that the government demanded and I cannot use? On the other hand, a disproportionate amount of die area was allocated towards AES-NI right after side channel attacks were discovered. In the end, you can only trust something you can understand, otherwise you are trusting the word of someone else. What is a good future to work towards? Corporate call centers using thin clients with two VMs; one VM allowed access to the intranet, and the other only to the DMZ and the internet? Binney-grade privacy protections of consumer data? It doesn't matter. Privacy is gone. Although for past decades, private detectives were always able to get others to look up information for them, Pellicano is a great example. The set of information available to the powerful has always been different to those of the plebians. It just simply got worse. But if you just use this Tor exit node run by Romanian organized crime... you will be much more secure. But I have good news everybody: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11407536 >1: I asked someone involved with WebRTC. They suggested "maybe a page wants to communicate with your fridge directly" as a serious use of WebRTC data channels. http://www.webcitation.org/6FnFZK9LU?url=http://larry.masinter.net/ RFC 2324 "Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)." L. Masinter. April 1, 1998. This has a serious purpose -- it identifies many of the ways in which HTTP has been extended inappropriately. ??? are you all victims of fetal alcohol syndrome ???

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